Hair drier



Nov. 4, 1941. D. GRAHAM HAIR DRIER Filed Jan. 23, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet l Attorneys Nov. 4, 1941.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor A tiorneys Patented Nov. 4, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE 2 Claims.

The present invention relates to hair driers of a type generally employed in beauty parlors for drying women's hair and in which the drier embodies a hood adapted for positioning upon the head of a person and into which the heated air is adapted to be fed and also to provide a shield supported in spaced relation about the lower edge of the hood to provide for the escape of air therefrom, the shield depending below the edges of the hood to protect the face and neck of the person from contact with the heated air.

Another object is to provide a shield of this character having flexible connecting means with the hood to permit free movement of the head of the person under the hood.

A still further object is to provide a hair drier of this character of simple and practical construction, which is emcient and reliable in performance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer .to like parts throughout, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevational view showing the shield attached to the hair-drying hood.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken substantially on a line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken' substantially on a line 3-3 of Figure 2. a

Figure 4 is a perspective view of one of the hooks, and

Figure 5 is a bottom plan view.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, wherein for the purpose of illustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 5 designates a metallic hood to which an air hose 6 is attached at its central upper portion for supplying heated air to the interior of the hood. The hood is of suitable size for accommodating the head of a person so that the walls of the hood will be maintained in spaced relation therefrom, the hood being supported in a position above the head in a conventional manner.

An elastic band 1 is placed about the hood, the band being adjustable to accommodate hoods of various sizes, and the band is constructed of relatively heavy material to support a plurality of hooks 0 which extend horizontally outwardly from the band, the inner ends of the hooks being formed with a pair of spaced hooks 3 conformably fitting the band and provided with a rubber tubing 9' to prevent injury to the side of the hood. The hook is formed of a single strand of wire bent intermediate its ends to provide a double strand at the shank part 8 and at the outer hook 8, to strengthen the same, the double strand diverging at the inner end of the shank to form the spaced apart attaching hooks 8 which prevent twisting of the hook on the band I. The outer ends of the hooks open upwardly and on which are suspended elastic loops Hi secured to the upper edge of a flexible shield ll preferably constructed of oiled silk or other suitable material.

To facilitate manufacture of the shield the same is constructed in two parts, including a band part l2 which forms the upper vertical wall of the shield, and a bottom part I3 which is sewed or otherwise secured to the lower edge of the upper part, as at H. The bottom part I3 sags slightly to provide a concave construction and is provided with a central opening ii for accommodating the head of a person, the edge of the opening having a band It adapted to fit snugly over the head in the region of the hairline. A zipper opening i1 is formed along one side of the bottom and partly along the upper wall 12 to facilitate placing and removal on the head.-

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the heated air from the hood will pass therefrom into the shield, which protects the face and neck from such heated air, the air then being allowed to escape upwardly between the hood and the wall I! of the shield.

It is believed the details of construction, advantages and manner of use of the device will be readily understood from the foregoing without further detailed explanation.

Having described theinvention, what I claim is:

l. A shield adapted for use with the hood of a hair drier and comprising a band secured to the hood, hooks projecting horizontally from the band and a flexible impervious member snugly fitted over the head of a person in the region of the hairline and elastic means suspending the shield from said hooks in spaced relation from the hood.

2. A shield adapted for use with the hood ofa hair drier and comprising a band secured to the hood, hooks projecting horizontally from the band and a flexible impervious member snugly.

fitted over the head of a person in the region of the hair line and flexible members suspending the first named flexible member from the hooks outwardly of the hood.

LEONARD D. GRAHAM. 

